Tikhiy Don (train) explained

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Tikhiy Don
Type:Inter-city rail
Locale:Russia
First:January 1966
Operator:Russian Railways
Start:Moscow Kazansky
Stops:12
End:Rostov-Glavny
Distance:1,223 kilometres (760 mi)
Journeytime:16 h 22 m
Owners:North Caucasus Railway
South Eastern Railway
Moscow Railway
Map State:collapsed

Tikhiy Don (Russian: Ти́хий Дон|lit=Quiet Don) is a Russian sleeper train connecting Rostov-on-Don and Moscow.[1]

General

The Tikhiy Don runs from the Rostov-Glavny station in Rostov-on-Don to Kazansky Rail Station in Moscow. It started its first regular service in January 1966. The total distance is, and it takes about eighteen hours to travel through it (in one direction). The train banner is similar to the flag of Rostov Oblast.[2]

Stations

Till June, 1st, 2009 the train Tikhiy Don carried out passenger transportations together with the train Ataman Platov named after Russian Cossack general Matvei Platov.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://pass.rzd.ru/isvp/public/pass?STRUCTURE_ID=1374&layer_id=4814&refererLayerId=4813&id=3 New Russian trains
  2. http://zhurnal.lib.ru/m/mishin_r_w/donzddoc.shtml The Don railways History (rus)